Searching for the magical mmorpgFollow

Hi, I left Eq about 15 months ago and have been searching for a substitute. I have done guild wars for a month, shadowbane for a few days, eve for 2 months, wow for 4 months and doac for a few hours. Each one of those games were alright in some ways but what they all had missing was the magical 'it'. Eq had 'it' and now I am trying the eq trial scenario (trial of the isle) to see if that is a substitute. I could go back to eq but I feel that it would be a step backwards and also it woud be expensive because I do not have the cd's anymore. I have a few questions concerning eq2, if they have been asked before I apologise.

1 Does it have a harder leveling curve than wow? I got to 60 within 6 weeks where in eq it took me 9 months to het to 65. I find that the eq approach was better.

2 Do people who played eq find that it has the same 'feel' as the original?

3 Is there any area's like pok or lagforge that suck in peak playing times?


4 Is there any eu servers or what are the most popular servers in general?

5 The newer servers on wow where full of immature idiots who used the general channal for flaming each other and other people. Is the eq2 population more considerate/mature?

6 I work sporadic hours and I love warriors, can you easily solo in this game. In eq I soloed most of the time and at times it was really hard, is it easier in eq2?


Thanks for your patiance and time. Be seeing you soon.

I have heard alot of people talk about that magical feeling they got when they played Everquest 1. I honestly don't think there is any other MMORPG games that will offer that feeling to anybody. Eq was the first of its kind and therefore it was new to everybody. Even in a new MMORPG alot of the elements are very similar. I mean you kill still, you gain exp, level up, buy better armor/weapons, etc etc.

I think anytime a new game genre comes out it gives people that "Magical" feel. Anybody remember the first time they played Wolfenstein 3D, or Mario 64? I have played tons of FPS since wolf3d and none has had the magic that wolf3d had.

Its natural to level more quickly when your not spending 10 minutes to med up, or 2and 3 hours per day just LFG like in eq1. That is the main reason I have quit playing eq1. I would jsut assume the uber hardcore people stay away from eq2. It seems like SOE will listen to what 1 hardcore uber raider's thoughts over 10 casual players ideas. IMO the Hardcore people ruined eq1.